Automatic watering device.



No. 727,597. PATENTED MAY 12.1903.

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AIfPLIOATION FILED MAY 19, 1902 7 H0 MODEL.

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PATENT ()FFIC AUTOMATIC WATERING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 727,597, dated May 12,1903,

Application filed May 19, 1902. Serial No. 108,] 04.- (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN M. DAY, residing at No. 2540 North Twelfthstreet, in the city of Lincoln, Lancaster county, Nebraska, haveinvented certain useful Improvements in Automatic \Vateririg Devices;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertaius to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in automatic watering devices.

The principal object of thisinvention is to provide a simple andinexpensive apparatus for watering chickens, ducks, geese, and otherbarnyard fowls and small live stock by furnishing them at all times withan abundance of fresh pure water for drinking purposes.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof parts, as hereinafter set forth,pointed outin my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 illustratesa glass fruit-jar such as is in general use and commonly known as theMason fruit-jar. Fig. 2 is asmall pan with the bottom raised in thecenter, with a common fruit-jar cap attached to the highest point of thebottom. Fig. 3 isa combination of the two, forming the complete wateringdevice, while Fig. 4 shows a bottom view.

Like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all figuresof the drawings.

a is the screw on the jar, such as is on all jars of the Mason pattern.

13 is a screw-cap, such as is commonly used in covering fruit-jars, withthe top secured to the center of the raised bottom G of the pan, asshown in Figs. 2 and 3, with a suitable number of holes or openings 0 Oat or near the perimeter of the cap. The sidesF of the pan are raisedabove the openings in this cap. A bar E is soldered across underneaththe raised bottom of the pan in such a manner as to serve as a handle incarrying the completed watering device and to assist in removing the capfrom the jar.

WVhen it is desired to use this watering device, the jar is set upon atable or other suitable place and filled with water. The pan,

with the cap fastened to its center, is then attached to the glass jarby means of the screw in the same manner as in screwing the cap on inordinary use by grasping the bar E, which serves as a handle intightening the screw. The whole apparatus is then inverted quickly, sothat no water will be spilled. The water D will now run out of the jar,as is shown in Fig. 3, until it rises in the pan sufficiently high toprevent the ingress of air into the jar through the holes 0 C. When thechickens or other live stock drink the water out of the pan until it islower than the holes, the air rushes in through 0 C and permits thewater to flowout into the pan until it rises high enough to close theopenings again. One or more of these openings may be made, as desired.

The cap of the jar may be and is preferably constructed of zinc and thepan of tin, galvanized iron, or other suitable material, the zincpreventing the other metal from rusting.

The construction of the apparatus may be varied thus: The pan may beconstructed with a flat bottom and the screw-cap raised the properdistance from the bottom by means of legs or supports attached to thebottom or from the sides of the pan. A damper may be used to close theopening through the cap while the device is being inverted after it isfilled, the damper to be opened when it is desired for the water to flowout into the pan.

As is well known, all of the pint, quart, half-gallon, and gallonfruit-jars in common use have the same-sized top and are covered by thesame-sized cap with the same thread, and for this reason this device ispeculiarly adapted to the convenience of those desiringwatering-fountains with varying capacity. These jars are usuallycomposed of glass, and therefore disclose readily the amount of watercontained therein.

Having thus fully described my invention and the construction of thesame, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an automatic watering device, the combination of a jar or bottle,with the top so constructed that a cap may be screwed upon it, a panwith the bottom raised toward the center, an inverted screw-cap for saidjar secured to said pan near the center of its Ice raised bottom, withan opening through said inverted screw-cap near the perimeter of thelower part of the same, said opening being lower than the sides of saidpan, so that said pan may be attached to the said jar or bottle by meansof said screw substantially as described.

2. In an automatic Watering device, the combination of a jar or bottle,with a top so constructed that a cap may be screwed upon it, a pan withthe bottom raised toward the center, an inverted screw-cap for said jarsecured to said pan near the center of its raised bottom,with an openingthrough said inverted screw-cap near the perimeter of the lower part ofthe same, said opening being lower than the sides of said pan, so thatsaid pan may be attached to said jar or bottle by means of said screwand a bar across underneath the raised bottom of said pan to serve as ahandle, substantially as described.

3. In a watering device the combination of a pan with a screw-capinversely attached to the inside of said pan, with an opening in saidcap to admit of the passage of air and Water, the sides of said panrising higher than said opening, and a jar or bottle attached to saidcap.

4. In a watering device, the combination of a fruit-jar or bottle withthe top so constructed that a cap may be secured thereto, and a panhaving secured within itself a cap so constructed as to be attached tothe top of said jar or bottle, with an opening in said cap at a pointabove the bottom of said pan but below the sides of the same,substantially as described.

JOHN M. DAY.

Witnesses:

A. B. DAY, L. E. DAY.

